Hey all,<br><br>Just to be dead clear: The RCA jack is NOT a balanced connection, and is therefore<br>more susceptible to Radio Frequence interference. I'm not sure how serious the OP<br>is about audio recording, but it is something to keep in mind.<br>
<br>Cheers, -Harry<br><br>PS: Info on differences of balanced / unbalanced stuff (from Sound on Sound):<br><a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan02/articles/faq0102.asp#Anchor-11022">http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan02/articles/faq0102.asp#Anchor-11022</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:07 AM, david <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com">gnome@hawaii.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
AudioPhile 2496 has RCA jacks, works very very well with Linux.<div class="im"><br>
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Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:<br>
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e. I did a large number of Google searches. Found zero. This<br>
didn't make sense to me, because I had just visited a local<br>
gamer-oriented PC store, and had seen an under-the-TV PC box shaped<br>
like a thick VCR which had RCA jacks for audio. So I decided that I<br>
had to go beyond Google. I first checked the Creative Labs web<br>
site's full line, and although RCA jacks weren't in any description<br>
(!), they were visible (!!!!) in two of the<br>
pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. So I knew they existed. As with most<br>
things Creative Labs which are not cheapies, the ones I found there<br>
were rather expensive. So I did some research using past reports on<br>
Linux Audio lists, found a make appearing to do very well<br>
(AudioTrak), found a model with RCA jacks using the photographs of<br>
cards, found a very good supplier (<a href="http://floridamusicco.com" target="_blank">floridamusicco.com</a>) of my chosen<br>
card (AudioTrak Prodigy HD2), put it in, and found that it works<br>
beautifully. Not only does it work beautifully, but the quality of<br>
its electronics are visibly extraordinary. I have been working off<br>
and on in hardware since 1981, and this card reminds me of some of<br>
the real beauties made years ago. DIP sockets for op-amps. Thick<br>
sturdy board, white in color to expose any issues. Big strong<br>
capacitors, no cheapies. And the price is very good considering its<br>
capability. The card can do 192 kbps :-) I don't use it at more<br>
than 96 kbps, and usually 48 kbps, because more takes up CPU!<br>
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